Investigation
disclosed the victims with Jason Lopez Samson, 25 and Dean Allan Lacasadille
Cortez, 20 were having a drinking spree at the place. Around 10 p.m., Samson
and Cortez left the place. However, at around 10:20 p.m., an unidentified man
armed with two Cal .45 guns in both hands, entered the place, shot the victims
then fled to unknown direction. Ordiz who incurred multiple gunshots was dead
on the spot and brought to Bahay Damayan for autopsy. Laroco was shot on his
left forearm while Viray was shot in the leg. They were brought to Baguio
General Hospital and Medical Center for treatment and still under observation.
A certain Michael Almasan Tumapang, 31, laborer and resident at the place was
invited for investigation.

75-year-old
man nabbed for rape

BANGUED, Abra – A
75-year-old man was arrested here Wednesday for rape. Police named the suspect
as Amante Blando Navarro here of Barangay Agtangao.This, after judge Corpuz
Alzate of RTC, Branch 2, Bangued ordered his arrest with no bail recommended.
He is now under the custody of Bangued police.

2 young
men jailed for rape in Baguio

BAGUIO CITY – Two
young men were arrested here Wednesday for rape. Nabbed were Rogelio
Velasco Bernabe Jr., 19 and Kevin Edejer Alvarez, 29, both gas delivery boys
and residents of No. 48 Purok 8, Irisan Apugan. Both were arrested at their
residence after judge Ivan Kim B Morales of 1stJudicial Region Branch 59,
Baguio City ordered their arrest with
no bail recommended. They are now
incarcerated at the city jail.

Gardener
killed in Tadian explosion

TADIAN, Mountain
Province – A gardener was killed here Monday when an explosion rocked their
farm house in Sitio Awa, Cadad-anan around 12 noon Monday. The victim was identified
as Miguel Lang-odan Abkilang, 65 who had several shrapnel wounds on different
parts of his body. Lolinda, 61, wife of the victim said they left their farm
house unlocked around 4 p.m. of Oct. 22 and went home to their house at
Cadad-anan. At around 6 a.m. Monday, both went to Awa to tend their
garden.

Upon reaching their
farm house they noticed that the main door was locked inside so the victim went
at the backdoor while the wife inspected the surrounding of their farm house
and noticed that the corrugated G.I. sheet wall was forcibly destroyed.

When she was on her
way to the back door to tell to her husband what she observed, an explosion
occurred and saw her husband lying on the ground.

The husband was reportedly
opening the padlock of the backdoor when the incident happened at about 7 a.m. of
Oct. 24.

Farmer
shoots group, misfires, hospitalized

STA. MARCELA, Apayao
– A drunken farmer here barged into a drinking spree, shot a drinker with a gun
several times but misfired making the son of the latter hit him on the head
with a piece of wood which resulted to his hospitalization.

A police report said
the incident happened Tuesday around 8 p.m wherein the victim identified as
Roger Gonzales Bayded, 57, was allegedly mauled by Jerwin John Andres De San
Jose, 23, student. Investigation disclosed that prior to the incident a certain
Alex Calumpit with Dominador De San Jose were having a drinking session at the
residence of the latter, while Jerry De San Jose was having a conversation with
them.

Accordingly, Bayded,
who was allegedly drunk approached the group and suddenly drew his firearm and
tried to shoot Jerry De San Jose but misfired. Allegedly, Byaded fired again
but he did not hit Jerry because he was restrained by Dominador.

Jerwin, son of
Dominador struck the head of Bayded using a piece of wood. Bayded was wounded
on his head and brought to Sta. Marcela District Hospital and transferred later
to Far North Luzon General Hospital at Luna, Apayao.

Cops found a Cal. 22
revolver with two bullets, fired cartridge case and a piece of wood with blood
stain. The suspect was arrested and brought to Sta. Marcela police station.

Drug
suspect shot in machine shop

BAGUIO CITY – A
mechanic in city police drug list was shot in his workplace Joey’s Machine Shop
here along Bokawkan Road Tuesday around 5 p.m. Police identified the victim as
Day Manarang, 32, of Conception, Tarlac and resident of Happy Homes here.

Investigation
disclosed while work mates of the victim were all busy working, they heard
three gun shots and when they looked around, they saw the victim running
towards the back of the shop, so they followed him and discovered that he was
wounded so they rushed him to Pines City Doctor’s Hospital. A police report
said no slug or fired cartridge shell was found at crime scene. Victim was
allegedly a member of Marangan Group engaged
in illegal drugs.

Women
thieves steal P100K of Besao businesswoman

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
– A businesswoman from Besao, Mountain Province who just withdrew P700,000 at
the Banco de Oro Bank here was victimized by a group slashed her bag and ran
away with P100,000.

A police report said
the incident happened Tuesday around 10:30 a.m. at barangay trade fair site at
Km 5, Pico on complaint of Judy Ann Colod Padua, 54.

A member of the group
identified as Perlita Lozano Ramos, 63,
widow, of Cabugao, Ilocos Sur and resident at 547 Carmen West, Pangasinan was
arrested while her four more cohorts were able to elude arrest. Two suspects
were identified by the victim through mug files of La Trinidad police station
as Suzette Tinaza of San Fernando City, La Union and Bambie Lopez Yuco of San
Carlos City, Pangasinan. The other two suspects are still unidentified.

Investigation
disclosed the victim just withdrew the money and was walking and buying
vegetables when one of the suspects bumped her.
Ramos came beside her and she was bumped again so the victim got
suspicious causing her to check her bag and discovered that it was slashed. The
victim shouted for help. Ramos was arrested by concerned citizens while other
suspects immediately ran towards different directions and escaped. Missing from
the victim’s bag was cash worth
P100,000. Charges were prepared against the suspects.

Drug
surrenderee nabbed with gun in Abra checkpoint

TAYUM, Abra – A drug
surrenderee was arrested at a checkpoint here at Pitao, Bagalay for having in
his possession and illegal gun. Police identified the suspect as Geronimo
Pasigen Andoy, 29, janitor, resident of Nagba, Pang-ot, Lagayan town.

Police said the
suspect who was on board a motorcycle, without plate number, tried to evade the
checkpoint. However, he was stopped by security personnel. Police confiscated
from him a Cal. 45 loaded with five bullets and one extra
magazine loaded with seven bullets. He was arrested when he could not produce
documents for the gun.

BAGUIO CITY – Two
persons were arrested here Oct. 17 for estafa. Irene Dela Cruz-Herrero, 41, of St.
Therese St. Dominican-Mirador was arrested in Cedar Peak, Mabini Street.

Edgardo Borja Padlan,
47, programmer of University of the Cordilleras and resident of Lower Rock
Quarry was arrested at the UC accounting office. Bail was set by a local judge
at P40, 000 each for their temporary liberty.

Woman
arrested for estafa in La Trinidad jail

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
– An arrest warrant was served Monday by police against an inmate here at the
municipal jail serving time for other estafa cases. Suspect was named as Feceline
Kudan Apadchew, 36, married, of Cuanso Street Sto Nino Bengao, Baguio City.
Her arrest warrant was issued by Maria Ligaya V. Itliong-Rivera, presiding
judge of RTC First Judicial Region Branch 5 Baguio City for estafa. The
judge set bail bond of P50,000 for her temporary liberty.

Teacher
jailed for estafa in La Trinidad

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
– A teacher is now in jail for estafa after she was arrested here Monday at
Caltex gas station along km 5, Barangay Balili. Police named the suspect as Loretta
Caranay Fernandez, 32, of Barangay Poguis. Her arrest warrant was issued by Jennifer
P. Humiding, presiding judge of RTC, Branch 63, 1st Judicial Region, La
Trinidad who ordered no bail.

Jail
officer jailed for syndicated estafa

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
– A jail officer is now in jail after he was arrested Monday for syndicated
estafa. Police served two arrest warrants
against Dionisio Magsino Corce Jr., 39, of Alao, Cruz after Maria Ligaya V.
Itliong-Rivera, presiding judge of Regional Trial Court, Branch 5 ordered
his arrest with no bail recommended. Another arrest warrant for estafa was also
issued by judge Danilo P. Camacho of Regional Trial Court, Branch 62, La
Trinidad, Benguet on July 11 with no bail recommended.

Baruzo was at the
hallway proceeding to her room, when Lenomta who was under the influence of
liquor came out from his room and pushed her against the wall then pointed a
baton sword on her neck.

Baruzo pushed the
suspect then ran inside her room and informed her board mate Salamanca through
the window about what happened. Complainants went out from their rooms and
approached the suspect to confront him but instead he tried to stab them twice
but they were able to evade the thrusts and ran inside their rooms and called
for police assistance.

BAGUIO CITY -- A drug
trader identified as Mark Carlo Bergavera Serrano a.k.a. “Mak”, 28, from Sta.
Rosa, Laguna and resident of Campo Sioco was nabbed Oct. 22 at Hillside, Baguio
City for having I his possession shabu and drug paraphernalia.

Contractor
arrested for illegal gun, bullets

BAGUIO CITY – A
certain Augusto Naweywey Dangadang, 40, building administrator/contractor,
and resident of Holyghost Extension here was arrested here at East Middle Quirino Hill Baguio City Oct. 22
for illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

Confiscated from
Dangadang was a Bersa Ultra Compact 40 pistol loaded with seven bullets with
expired license stipulating no permit to carry outside the residence.

A total of 8, 905
drug personalities surrendered, 316 arrested, 12 killed during operations and
57 deceased since implementation of Oplan Double Barrel on July 1 in
Cordillera.

Motorcycle-riding
man shoots dead retired cop

PARACELIS, Mountain
Province – A retired cop was killed by a motorcycle-driving man here along
Paracelis-Alfonso Lista, Ifugao Road at Barangay Butigue,Oct. 30. Police
identified the victim as Alfredo Vuelta Bitao, 58, of Barangay Bananao whole
the suspect was named as Jerry Pugao, of Pangul, Tanudan, Kalinga and resident
of Butigue.

Investigation
revealed that the victim with some companions were drying corn kernel at the
said road when the suspect who was driving his motorcycle with his son as back
rider accidentally bumped the sack of corn that caused him to fall on the road.
The suspect confronted the victim about the incident until he brought out his
firearm from his waist and suddenly shot the victim.

The victim was shot
three times that resulted to his death while the suspect immediately fled
towards Kalinga using his motorcycle. Three empty shells for Cal. 45 and one
slug were found at crime scene. Pugao is no the object of police manhunt.

Truck
with relief goods for typhoon victims loses breaks

BOKOD, Benguet -- A
10-wheeler truck bearing relief goods to Paracelis, Mountain Province for
victims of Typhoon Lawin lost its breaks along Ambuklao Road at Apalan,
Tinongdan Itogon around 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23 forcing the driver to bump it on
elevated roadside.

The truck owned and
driven by Rey A. Depago, 39, male of Baayan, Tublay, Benguet told police the
truck was rented by the DSWD regional office in Baguio City. It was loaded with
government relief goods (1,800 boxes of food packs, 1,800 sacks of non-foods,
48 sacks of blankets and 15 rolls of trapal) for Typhoon “Lawin” victims in
Paraceles. Police and concerned citizens transferred relief goods into another
10-wheeler truck for delivery.

82-year-old
widow missing

BOKOD, Benguet – An
82-year-old vegetable vendor is still the object of a search after she went missing
here Oct. 22. She was identified by police as Angelita “Manay” Deras Balagot a
resident here of Minac, Ambuclao.

Investigation
revealed around 8 a.m. on Oct 21, Balagot accompanied by her two granddaughters
went to check their water line at her garden. The granddaughters stayed inside
a shanty while their grandmother went to the source of water along the creek.
At about 12 noon, their grandmother did
not return which prompted them to follow but failed to locate her. At around 3,
they returned again to look for their grandmother but they didn’t find her so
they went home and informed their aunt and neighbors. Search operations were
done by relatives, concerned citizens and police but they were not able to find
the widow.

Found dead was
Wallace Sinot Woolery, 60 who was living alone at his residence and was last
seen alive by Bacayan when he brought food to him at about 6:30 p.m. on Oct.
22.

The following day,
the victim was found lifeless by Bacayan when he went to return the motorcycle
he borrowed. According to Lidia Banawag Bilag, and his other relatives, the
victim is suffering from diabetes and was bitten by a dog four days ago.

Police checked the
body and found healing lacerated wound and a dog bite at the victim’s right
palm. An autopsy was set to be conducted.
Personal belongings of the victim such as laptop and cellular phones
were intact. The cadaver was moved to Bahay Damayan.

‘CIDG
agent’ jailed for threatening to shoot porter

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
– A man who introduced himself as a member of the Criminal Investigation
Detection Group who threatened to shoot a porter was jailed and charged with
usurpation of authority and grave threat.

Investigation
revealed the group of the victim and the suspect were drinking liquor in a
separate tables inside the said bar when suddenly a misunderstanding ensued
between them. On confrontation, the suspect introduced himself as a member of
CIDG and threatened him (“Intel ak CIDG kayat mo ta paltogan ka, kayat mo ta
ilugan da ka, ta gaburan da ka ti carton”). The suspect grabbed the jacket of
the victim but the victim was able to escape.

Responding
police brought the suspect, victim and witnesses to La Trinidad police for
inquiry. Suspect was detained while cases were prepared for filing against
him at the Benguet Provincial Prosecutors Office.